The benefits of Thai massage have to be experienced to be believed. Clients often describe it in many different ways: “ It felt as if I was being massaged from inside my body”. “It felt like a thousand warm waves gently lapping over my body.” “ I’m so relaxed, I hope you don’t mind if I go to sleep right here, right now”.

The benefits are numerous. Since Thai massage works with the balancing of the energy system, some clients feel energized whilst others feel deeply relaxed and some feel both at the same time. The extensive stretching component increases the range of motion around major joints such as the hips and shoulders and this often also helps for postoperative recovery with regards to these structures.

Although the benefits are potentially vast, the sensitivity, intuitiveness and level of experience of the massage practitioneroften also have a great deal to do with how beneficial the massage may be. A gifted and sensitive practitioner of the world’s worst massage system will in all likelihood give a better massage than a badly trained or ungifted massage practitioner using the world’s best system.

There is no magic bullet that will cure all ills at one fell swoop. Massage is beneficial for many things but it is not a panacea. The benefits of Thai massage go quite a bit beyond “feeling good” but clients should always be wary of anyone who promises to cure whatever ails them, as long as they subscribe to a course of treatments of XYZ sessions.

With all these warnings in place, what remains to be said again is that you need to experience Thai massage so as to believe what it feels like. Try one, you’ll be back for more !